Service difficulty report · Switch · Boeing 7372J8

Difficulty date
October 19, 2000
Submitted
October 24, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N235WA
Make and model
Boeing 7372J8
Aircraft serial
22859
Aircraft time
42,811 hours, 37,344 cycles
Part
Switch
Part number
V372228
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Takeoff Warning
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
N
Precautionary procedure
C

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AS POWER WAS PUSHED UP FOR TAKEOFF ABOVE 1.4 EPR TAKEOFF WARNING HORN SOUNDED INTERMITTENT TONE. TAKEOFF WAS DISCONTINUED AT AROUND 20 - 30 KTS. A CHECK SHOWED AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION PERFECTLY NORMAL, FLAPS 5, SPEEDBRAKE DOWN, TRIM 5.0 ETC. AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY SPEEDBRAKE WAS CYCLED UP AND DOWN, THEN TWO RUNUPS WERE MADE UP TO 1.5 EPR WITH NO WARNING HORN. REPLACED SPOILER TAKEOFF WARNING SWITCH PER M/M. PERFORMED TAKEOFF WARNING TEST PER M/M 31-26-0.

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